Hawthornden Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Hawthornden Junction (1872-1962)Opened on the Peebles Railway.
Opened on the Penicuik Railway.
Description
This was the junction between the Peebles Railway of 1855 and the Penicuik Railway of 1872. The junction was to the south of a level crossing immediately south of Rosewell and Hawthornden station.
The junction also served Whitehill Colliery which had exchange sidings on the east side of the line, south of the level crossing. The colliery closed in 1961, abandoned 1962, the closure of the line south to Peebles and Galashiels at the same time perhaps not being a coincidence. The box remained open until 1964 as the Penicuik Railway remained open and this box was not only a gate box but the end of the double track section from Hardengreen Junction. In 1964 the line was singled. It closed in 1967.
On the west side of the junction was a short siding for the Gorton Colliery. This was named, along with Gorton Crossing (the level crossing here), for Gorton House which is to the north.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Rosewell and Hawthornden Roslin Rosslyn Castle Rosslynlee Polton Rosslynlee Hospital Halt Loanhead Lasswade Bonnyrigg Auchendinny Broomieknowe Glencorse South Esk Dalhousie Eskbridge | Gorton Colliery Whitehill Colliery Hawthornden Catchpoints Hawthornden Sand Siding Rosslyn Carpet Factory Dalhousie Sand Quarry Springfield Mill Dalhousie Colliery Rosslyn Gunpowder Works Bilston Glen Viaduct Burghlee Colliery Tourist/other Roslin Castle Rosslyn Chapel Springfield House Glenesk House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 09/05/1872 | Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Hardengreen Junction to Hawthornden Junction (on the Peebles Railway) doubled. |
| 02/07/1872 | Penicuik Railway Penicuik Railway opened from Hawthornden Junction (Peebles Railway) to Penicuik [2nd]. Stations opened at: Rosslyn [Penicuik Railway], Auchendinny and Penicuik [2nd]. |
| 10/09/1951 | Penicuik Railway Penicuik [2nd] to Rosewell and Hawthornden (Hawthornden Junction) closed to passengers. Rosslyn Castle and Penicuik [2nd] closed. |
| 05/02/1962 | Peebles Railway Hawthornden Junction (excluded) to Peebles to Kilnknowe Junction (excluded) closed to all traffic, passenger, goods and mineral trains operate as far as Rosewell and Hawthornden only. |
| 27/03/1967 | Penicuik Railway Hawthornden Junction to Esk Mills paper mill closed to freight. |
| 27/03/1967 | Peebles Railway Line closed from Hawthornden Junction to Hardengreen Junction (excluded). The route was latterly used by freight trains for access to the Penicuik Railway. |
